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Sockeye Bag Limit Increases on Two More Kodiak Area Rivers

Jay Barrett/KMXT There’s again more opportunity to catch some red salmon because of the strong run this year. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has increased the limit for sockeye in both the Dog Salmon River drainage and the Saltry Cove drainage to 10 per day and 10 in possession, beginning at 12:01 a.m. Thursday. The increase is in …

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Assembly Votes 5-1 to Move Smoking Question Forward

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly voted 5-1 last night to introduce an ordinance to allow the voters to decide if smoking should be allowed in bars, restaurants and other businesses in Kodiak. There were a number of residents voicing their opinions on the issue, largely against a smoking ban. Janet Wente phoned in to the meeting and pointed …

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NEA Alaska Chief Frustrated With Declining School Funding

Jay Barrett/KMXT Each summer over 10,000 National Education Association presidents and others associated with the union gather to discuss issues facing education. They are in Atlanta this year, they will consider positions on education policy, and conduct union business. Ron Fuhrer, president of NEA-Alaska is at this year’s assembly. He said a lot of the national issues discussed there apply …

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Fireworks Prohibited in City Limits

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Tomorrow is Independence Day which, weather depending, means many folks will partake in camping, bonfires, barbecues and perhaps even a few fireworks. Fireworks are only allowed in some places within the borough, and prohibited within city limits. Those looking to shoot off a Fourth of July spectacle should make sure they’re doing so in an area that’s allowed, …

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Season Three of ‘Coast Guard Alaska’ Premiers this Month

Jay Barrett/KMXT The premier of the third season of Coast Guard Alaska on the Weather Channel is coming up in two weeks. The first episode will focus on the travails of the Royal Dutch Shell drilling rig, Kulluk as it loses its tow and eventually goes aground on Sitkalidak Island, southeast of Kodiak. The show’s preview on the Weather Channel’s …

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Assembly Reschedules Meeting Due to Holiday

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly is holding its bi-weekly regular meeting tonight (Tuesday), because the Independence Day holiday is falling on its usual Thursday meeting day. One rather hot-button issue will be before the assembly – a proposed smoking ban in public places. The proposal, made by Assemblyman Aaron Griffin, would put on October’s ballot a smoking ban …

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Council Gives PND Go-Ahead on Pier III Design

Jay Barrett/KMXT At its Thursday meeting the Kodiak City Council approved a design contract for Pier 3, the city’s cargo dock. City Manager Aimee Kniaziowski said the concept work, wave study and geo-technical report have all been done, and the funding is in place, so it’s time to start the design and permitting process. To that end, she recommended the …

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SAR Becomes Medevac for Air Station Kodiak Crew

Jay Barrett/KMXT An Air Station Kodiak helicopter crew over the weekend medevac’d three boaters to Bethel following their rescue by a local search and rescue team Saturday. A Coast Guard C-130 found the skiff and three men after the village public safety officer in Chefornak reported them overdue. The Hercules crew located the stranded boaters on a sandbar about one-quarter …

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